Terrorists scout for youth with technical gyaan

The intel companies and police at the moment are learning the alarming rise within the variety of educated folks becoming a member of terrorism in India, Mail As we speak has learnt. This development has opened a can of worms for safety companies, officers mentioned.

In November, Delhi Police Particular Cell, together with Jammu and Kashmir Police, arrested three kids who allegedly owe allegiance to the Islamic State of Jammu and Kashmir (ISJK). Ehtisham Bilal (20), a local of Khanyar in previous Srinagar who joined Sharda College (Noida) in 2017, is a living proof.

Bilal, who had reportedly joined ISJK, returned house on December 2 final yr. Senior officers within the Particular Cell additionally claimed that in October, they arrested two youths in south Kashmir.

One in every of them, Parvez Rashid, was learning BTech in Amroha in western Uttar Pradesh. Not simply college students, educated engineers are additionally among the many educated individuals who be a part of the fear outfits.

“Whereas recruiting, terrorist teams give first choice to the engineers as a result of they’re those who’ve technical experience and would assist in excessive profile operations and in addition upgrading the outfit,” a senior official within the intel companies mentioned. These engineers additionally assist the terrorists escape the eyes of enforcement companies.

“Misusing the information of know-how, these engineers facilitate the outfit by growing softwares to go away no hint or observe calls, hyperlinks or some other methodology used to speak inside the group,” an official mentioned.

The official additional mentioned as a result of these applied sciences being utilized by the fear outfit, it turns into inconceivable for any company to choose up any clue of the operation. Based on the antiterror companies, not less than 62 per cent of the Islamic terrorists are educated.

Requested about how the engineers and different educated folks fall within the lure, a senior official mentioned: “They get influenced by provocative speech or content material. The eagerness to be taught extra concerning the so-called terrorist outfits land these folks into the lure.”

“Info is very easy to get right this moment and it’s splashed all around the internet. Speeches of Anwar Al Awlaki are hottest. Teams such because the Lashkar-e-Taiba, the Indian Mujahideen and the Al-Qaeda have managed to place up a number of info on their web sites which is definitely accessible and with time they’ve managed to get sufficient variety of readership,” the official mentioned.

To make issues worse, these teams have deliberately put out deceptive materials on-line. What’s worrying is that not like WhatsApp which could be intercepted, Telegram and Sign are subsequent to inconceivable to be tracked. Islamic State in India retains doing expertise hunt on-line.

“They regarded for educated folks like scientists in order that they may create the ‘soiled bomb’. They knew for a proven fact that an informed terrorist would be capable of journey with ease, would fly plane, can be proficient in funds switch, decode messages on the web and would find out about breaking cyber safety,” a safety knowledgeable mentioned.

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